Khalil, Youssef
Sun, Yi-Qian
Mai, Xiao-Mei
Funding for this research was provided by:
NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Article History
Received: 28 March 2025
Accepted: 17 November 2025
First Online: 24 November 2025
<!--Emphasis Type='Bold' removed-->Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Participation in HUNT2 was voluntary, and informed written consent was obtained from all participants. The study was approved by the Norwegian Regional Committee for Medical Research Ethics (REK 2019/337). This study followed the ethical principles of the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its subsequent revisions or equivalent ethical standards